NATION IN BRIEF : NEW YORK : Woman Sues Sperm Bank, Cites Mix-Up
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A white mother who claims she was mistakenly inseminated with the sperm of a black man rather than the sperm of her late white husband is suing her doctor and a Manhattan sperm bank. In a negligence suit against Idant Laboratories and Dr. Hugh Melnick of Advanced Fertility Services, Julia Skolnick of Queens contended that her 3-year-old daughter has already become the target of racial ridicule and discrimination, court papers said.
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